funny how management at different outfits cause "make or break" decisions with products..
henry basically copied the marlin design and has made millions..
ruger took marlin, name and all, from a failing remington, re-made the 1895 for modern production and smacked it out of the park..
i have...
still selling my blood, hope soon to have enough for a single box of 30-30..
was looking at ammo on gunbroker and realized i would have to save up at least 10% for a down-payment!!
so recently i had an itch for a 30-30 truck gun like the one i had back in '73.
I looked around locally at some winchester and marlin 94s – and i immediately fell to the ground shaking and twitching when i saw the prices for generally rough guns and nib type guns on places like gunbroker...